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Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Coheed and Cambria’s The Color Before the Sun

By Meredith Graves | November 5, 2015

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Coheed and Cambria’s The Color Before the Sun

A defiant Coheed fan loves the band’s fantastical past, but their blatantly personal new album about the pressures of adulthood is a banger.

Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) Talks Trans FX’s Into The Blu

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By Victoria Ruiz | November 3, 2015

Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) Talks Trans FX’s Into The Blu

Shoegaze isn’t a good enough description for what Trans FX does. It's a post-punk sound with a velvety cosmic Instagram filter over it.

Hutch Harris (the Thermals) Talks Beach Slang’s The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us

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By Hutch Harris | November 2, 2015

Hutch Harris (the Thermals) Talks Beach Slang’s The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us

The Philadelphia band's new album has a drinking problem. And it feels terrible. But it also feels great.

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Pictureplane’s Technomancer

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By Rjyan Kidwell | October 30, 2015

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Pictureplane’s Technomancer

Pictureplane's latest album chases You across eleven songs — and sometimes it actually seems to see exactly who You is.

Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) Talks Max Richter’s From Sleep

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By Chris Walla | October 29, 2015

Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) Talks Max Richter’s From Sleep

In a world with too much light, composer Max Richter's new album helps us find the dark spaces where magic has a chance to seep in.

Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks Sexwitch’s Sexwitch

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By Zohra Atash | October 27, 2015

Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks Sexwitch’s Sexwitch

Cultural appropriation without cultural appreciation is a recipe for disaster.

Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Dungeonesse, Flock of Dimes) Talks Joanna Newsom’s Divers

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By Jenn Wasner | October 26, 2015

Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Dungeonesse, Flock of Dimes) Talks Joanna Newsom’s Divers

This is the kind of music that demands patience and attention.

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Rod Stewart’s Another Country

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By Peter Holsapple | October 23, 2015

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Rod Stewart’s Another Country

Rod Stewart has traded in his footloose and fancy free ways of yore for cozy scenes from the September of his years. And, well, it's kind of boring.

Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) Talks Killing Joke’s Pylon

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By Josh Strawn | October 22, 2015

Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) Talks Killing Joke’s Pylon

What makes music timeless? Listening to Killing Joke, we might just have the answer.

Bhi Bhiman Talks Jake Shimabukuro’s Travels

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By Bhi Bhiman | October 20, 2015

Bhi Bhiman Talks Jake Shimabukuro’s Travels

With its theme of travel, the latest album by ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro hits home with our writer, on tour somewhere in the Midwest.